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Lake Biwa and the Phylogeography of Freshwater Fishes in Japan

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This chapter discusses the geographic classification, phylogeographic analysis, and population genetic analysis of freshwater fishes in the Japanese Archipelago. Freshwater fishes serve as an excellent target for phylogenetic geographic analysis due to inherent restrictions on migration and dispersal. In the Japanese Archipelago, many geographical barriers exist; therefore, genetic differentiations of freshwater fishes between regions are evident. First, various examples of systematic geographic analyses in Japanese freshwater fishes will be introduced. Next, the origin of endemic species and the evolutionary history of fishes inhabiting Lake Biwa, which harbors the richest freshwater fish fauna in Japan, and the influence of Lake Biwa fishes on freshwater fish fauna in western Japan will be discussed.

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Acknowledgments

I am grateful to the members of the Laboratory of Animal Ecology at Kyoto University, especially K. Watanabe, T. Komiya, R. Kakioka, K. Tominaga, for providing specimens and helpful comments. This study was supported by JSPS KAKENHI, the Integrated Research Project of Lake Biwa Museum, Shiga Prefecture, and so on.

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    Ryoichi Tabata

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  1. Maizuru Fisheries Research Station, Field Science Education and Research Center, Kyoto University, Maizuru, Kyoto, Japan

    Yoshiaki Kai

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    Hiroyuki Motomura

  3. Department of Zoology, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

    Keiichi Matsuura

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Tabata, R. (2022). Lake Biwa and the Phylogeography of Freshwater Fishes in Japan. In: Kai, Y., Motomura, H., Matsuura, K. (eds) Fish Diversity of Japan. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7427-3_12

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